Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz

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American feminist educator human naturalist

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American educator and naturalist, co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College, known for her influential role in advancing women's higher education in the 19th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American feminist → educator → human → naturalist →
authorOf	A First Lesson in Natural History → Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence →
birthName	Elizabeth Cabot Cary →
coFounded	Radcliffe College → Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1822-12-05 →
dateOfDeath	1907-06-27 →
describedBySource	Encyclopaedia Britannica → Radcliffe College historical records →
educatedAt	Boston private schools →
employer	Harvard Annex → Radcliffe College →
era	19th century → Gilded Age United States →
familyName	Agassiz →
father	Thomas Graves Cary →
fieldOfWork	education → natural history → women’s higher education →
genre	biographical writing → scientific writing →
givenName	Elizabeth →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English →
memberOf	Boston intellectual community →
mother	Mary Perkins →
movement	women’s education movement →
notableFor	advancing women’s access to Harvard instruction → helping establish Radcliffe College as a coordinate institution to Harvard →
notableStudent	students of the Harvard Annex →
notableWork	co-founding of Radcliffe College → leadership in women’s higher education →
occupation	college president → educator → naturalist →
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	president of Radcliffe College → president of the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women →
religion	Unitarianism →
residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Louis Agassiz →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants →	fundedBy